1938 Flooding - Old Saybrook

A photograph of Katharine Hepburn taken after the hurricane of 1938 in Fenwick. Hepburn helped clean up around Fenwick, the family home, which was destroyed in the hurricane.

A photograph of Katharine Hepburn taken after the hurricane of 1938 in Fenwick. Hepburn helped clean up around Fenwick, the family home, which was destroyed in the hurricane. (Connecticut Historical Society)

A photograph of Katharine Hepburn taken after the hurricane of 1938 in Fenwick. Hepburn helped clean up around Fenwick, the family home, which was destroyed in the hurricane.